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title: Psalm 143
slug: kjv/psalm-143
createdAt: 2024-08-28T02:18:37.055Z
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**1 **\{A Psalm of David.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, *and* in thy righteousness.

**2 **And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

**3 **For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

**4 **Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

**5 **I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

**6 **I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul *thirsteth* after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

**7 **Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

**8 **Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

**9 **Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

**10 **Teach me to do thy will; for thou *art* my God: thy spirit *is* good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

**11 **Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

**12 **And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I *am* thy servant.